A Royal Air Force jet. (Photo: Reuters) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has revealed that the UK Royal Air Force hit several Islamic State fighters north of Bayji in Iraq over the weekend. The UK’s defense ministry said in a statement on Saturday that despite the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Royal Air Force aircraft have continued “regular armed reconnaissance missions to support the enduring work of the Iraqi security forces to prevent any resurgence of the [ISIS] terrorist movement within their country.” On Jan. 24, a coalition surveillance aircraft located some Islamic State fighters “based in two caves some 10 miles north of Bayji,” according to the statement. In response, two British Typhoon FGR4s were tasked to strike them.